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Overview

Frank Sirocko is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research is primarily situated within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 43 publications. The main subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Geophysics, Paleontology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, notably:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Among recent papers mainly authored or co-authored by Sirocko, the following are notable:

  • Muted multidecadal climate variability in central Europe during cold stadial periods, 2021, published in Nature Geoscience

Frequent co-authors with whom Sirocko has collaborated include:

  • Sarah Britzius (9 publications)
  • Johannes Albert (8 publications)
  • Florian Fuhrmann (5 publications)
  • Benedikt Diensberg (4 publications)
  • Fiona Schenk (4 publications)

Publication venues where Sirocko has commonly published include:

  • Quaternary (7 publications)
  • Climate of the past (2 publications)
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (2 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2 publications)
  • Nature Geoscience (1 publication)

This profile reflects a scientific career with a strong emphasis on paleoclimate variability, archaeology related to Pleistocene hominins, and geological processes affecting central Europe. The interdisciplinary approach evident in the combination of fields and topics connects earth sciences to ecological and archaeological investigations.

Best Publications

  • Climate change and the collapse of the Akkadian empire: Evidence from the deep sea

    H. M. Cullen;P. B. deMenocal;S. Hemming;G. Hemming

  • Century-scale events in monsoonal climate over the past 24,000 years

    F. Sirocko;M. Sarnthein;H. Erlenkeuser;H. Lange

  • Climate change at the 4.2 ka BP termination of the Indus valley civilization and Holocene south Asian monsoon variability

    M. Staubwasser;F. Sirocko;P. M. Grootes;M. Segl

  • El Niño variability off Peru during the last 20,000 years

    Bert Rein;Andreas Lückge;Lutz Reinhardt;Frank Sirocko

  • A 5000-yr Record of Climate Change in Varved Sediments from the Oxygen Minimum Zone off Pakistan, Northeastern Arabian Sea

    Ulrich von Rad;Michael Schaaf;Klaus H. Michels;Hartmut Schulz

  • Ancient DNA reveals key stages in the formation of central European mitochondrial genetic diversity.

    Guido Brandt;Wolfgang Haak;Christina J. Adler;Christina Roth

  • Teleconnections Between the Subtropical Monsoons and High-Latitude Climates During the Last Deglaciation

    F. Sirocko;D. Garbe-Schönberg;A. McIntyre;B. Molfino

  • Danube loess stratigraphy — Towards a pan-European loess stratigraphic model

    Slobodan B. Marković;Thomas Stevens;George J. Kukla;Ulrich Hambach

  • The Palaeoanthropocene – The beginnings of anthropogenic environmental change

    Stephen F. Foley;Stephen F. Foley;Detlef Gronenborn;Meinrat O. Andreae;Meinrat O. Andreae;Joachim W. Kadereit

  • Atmospheric summer circulation and coastal upwelling in the Arabian Sea during the Holocene and the last glaciation

    Frank Sirocko;Michael Sarnthein;Heinz Lange;Helmut Erlenkeuser

  • The low-latitude monsoon climate during Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles and Heinrich Events

    Dirk C Leuschner;Frank Sirocko

  • A major Holocene ENSO anomaly during the Medieval period

    Bert Rein;Andreas Lückge;Frank Sirocko

  • Processes controlling trace element geochemistry of Arabian Sea sediments during the last 25,000 years

    Frank Sirocko;Dieter Garbe-Schönberg;Colin Devey

  • A late Eemian aridity pulse in central Europe during the last glacial inception

    F. Sirocko;K. Seelos;K. Schaber;B. Rein

  • Multiple monsoon-controlled breakdown of oxygen-minimum conditions during the past 30,000 years documented in laminated sediments off Pakistan

    Ulrich von Rad;Hartmut Schulz;Volkher Riech;Maryke den Dulk

  • Orbital insolation forcing of the Indian Monsoon – a motor for global climate changes?

    Dirk C Leuschner;Frank Sirocko

  • Palaeoenvironmental changes in the arid and sub arid belt (Sahara-Sahel-Arabian Peninsula) from 150 kyr to present

    Philipp Hoelzmann;Françoise Gasse;Lydie M. Dupont;Ulrich Salzmann

  • Wind-Borne Deposits in the Northwestern Indian Ocean: Record of Holocene Sediments Versus Modern Satellite Data

    Frank Sirocko;Michael Sarnthein

  • Clay-mineral accumulation rates in the Arabian Sea during the late Quaternary

    Frank Sirocko;Heinz Lange

  • Alternative chronologies for Late Quaternary (Last Interglacial–Holocene) deep sea sediments via optical dating of silt-sized quartz

    S. Stokes;S. Ingram;S. Ingram;M.J. Aitken;F. Sirocko

  • The climate of past interglacials

    F. Sirocko;Martin Claussen;T. Litt;M. Sanchez-Goni

Frequent Co-Authors

Hartmut Schulz
Hartmut Schulz University of Tübingen
Daniel Veres
Daniel Veres Romanian Academy
Ulrich Hambach
Ulrich Hambach University of Bayreuth
Colin W. Devey
Colin W. Devey GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Helmut Erlenkeuser
Helmut Erlenkeuser Kiel University
Frank Lehmkuhl
Frank Lehmkuhl RWTH Aachen University
Roland Zech
Roland Zech Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Michael Staubwasser
Michael Staubwasser University of Cologne
Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen
Jan Esper
Jan Esper Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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